This is an awesome soundtrack proably about 4 or 5 bad songs in the whole game!

SomewhereInTime72

08-09-2009 05:42 PM

The soundtrack is absolutely awesome, but I'm afraid the game will probably suck. :(

mankvill

08-09-2009 06:11 PM

[QUOTE=SomewhereInTime72;223212]The soundtrack is absolutely awesome, but I'm afraid the game will probably suck. :([/QUOTE]

Search for the 30-or-so minute video of the opening with commentary by Tim Schaeffer. It looks awesome.

DethMaiden

08-09-2009 07:17 PM

I'll rent it since over Christmas since the XBox isn't mine and therefore isn't coming to Indiana with me. That and the new Madden and NBA Live games. And they're buying Ultimate Alliance 2. And I'll want to play Assassin's Creed 2. It's a good thing I'm getting my wisdom teeth out. :eyes:

powerslave_85

08-09-2009 07:37 PM

[QUOTE=DethMaiden;223224]I'll rent it since over Christmas since the XBox isn't mine and therefore isn't coming to Indiana with me. That and the new Madden and NBA Live games. And they're buying Ultimate Alliance 2. And I'll want to play Assassin's Creed 2. It's a good thing I'm getting my wisdom teeth out. :eyes:[/QUOTE]
Good thing you're renting the new Madden. Don't be that guy who pays $60 for a roster update.

DethMaiden

08-09-2009 07:50 PM

[QUOTE=powerslave_85;223225]Good thing you're renting the new Madden. Don't be that guy who pays $60 for a roster update.[/QUOTE]

Haha, I've paid for roster updates in NBA Live versions, but not owning a game console myself has prevented that over the past few years. Renting is enough anyway: I'll play through a playoff mode and I'll challenge some random people on the XBox Live lobby, and that'll be the end of it.

mankvill

08-09-2009 08:16 PM

I'd consider buying Madden 10 because it has an online Franchise mode.

ChildrenofSodom

08-09-2009 08:49 PM

Okay, maybe I'm missing something, but does it seem that these video game franchises keep shitting out annual games that don't change very much from the previous one? I mean, I'll give two examples.

Guitar Hero and Rock Band: Each new game has a few new features, but for the most parts its just different songs and visual things. Nothing about the game has changed. I mean, if you really like how Guitar Hero plays, but want to try to play a new long list of songs that the corporation picked for you, go for it. But after playing the first two installations, I really have no interest in playing (or at least buying) the next one if nothing has really changed. This is the weakest example I have to support my complaint, so lets try sports game.

Like someone said before, do they just update the roster and throw one or two new features on? I mean, why not wait a few years and build up a dozen new features, then you can justify 60 bucks for the game. But considering I can't tell the players apart without their names and numbers on the jersey, I don't really think updated rosters really matter. One of the biggest shams was NFL HeadCoach. I mean, cool concept I guess, but why not put that as a feature of Madden or NCAA?

I guess hindsight is 20/20, but I don't like the idea that once you buy a 2009 game, the 2008 game is so similar, but just different enough to not be fun to go back to. The Tony Hawk games are a little better because they weren't shat out every single year, with very tiny changes in each. Why not hold off on Madden for a few years, build a truly 'different' game, then release to the rabid masses. Make more money, make a better game.

[/bored, tired rant]

SomewhereInTime72

08-09-2009 09:07 PM

^The sad reason for this is that it's practically free money for the company if they just have to change details with no engine overhaul or anything, and people still buy it en masse. The day people stop buying these, or really start demanding it becomes DLC, it may actually change.

Honestly, each new Madden should just be available as a roster change download that's about eight dollars or something.